If you love chocolate and you also happen to love field trips, then this tour of a Southern California chocolate factory will make you feel like you’ve died and gone to heaven. You’ll be entertained, you’ll learn some fun facts about chocolate you never knew before, and you’ll eat lots of dreamy samples while you’re touring the factory. Take a look to see where you can find this SoCal gem that will please your sweet tooth to no end.
If you think chocolate shops are all the same, then think again.
Not only can you eat chocolate to your heart's content at ChocXo, but you can also learn all the ins and outs about the chocolate making process on their unique, fun and informative chocolate tour.
The tour is such a big part of the Chocxo experience that they even advertise it on their door. That's right, you can head to Chocxo.com to book a factory tour.
The tour is led by an official chocolate guide who truly knows everything about chocolate. And you know they must be the real deal because they wear lab jackets on the tour.
Once inside the factory, you'll get to see every detail of the chocolate-making process close-up. You'll be so close, in fact, that you'll have to wear a hair net.
And you'll learn that the quality of the chocolate always starts with the beans. It should go without saying that Chocxo only picks the finest beans; they roast them onsite right inside this cocoa bean roaster.
Do you want to know the best part of the tour? Sampling the chocolate, of course! During the tour you will have a chance to taste the chocolate in a variety of forms -- cocoa nibs, pulp, and liquor.
You can find Chocxo at 9461 Irvine Center Drive in Orange County. The factory tour runs 45 minutes and runs $10 for adults and $7 for kids. Make sure to show up with an appetite, as you will be sampling tons of decadent chocolates on this tasty tour.